Design 4 Every Drop - Waterwise Landscape Design - Wheeler Farm, Utah

Landscape design can be intimidating, especially in arid climates where water is scarce. This workshop provides a step-by-step process to help you understand your property, develop a program and function within your landscape, and finally create a landscape plan for your property.

This workshop will begin with you taking of a series of online modules and assignments to help you initiate the analysis portion of the design process. The workshop will conclude with a multi-day, in-person, hands-on experience where you will work on a design for your own property. The intent is to help you experience the design process and aid you in developing water-wise landscape design solutions for your property. The class will be taught by Utah State University Extension faculty experienced in waterwise landscape design and implementation.

At the conclusion of this course, students will have an understanding of the landscape design process, techniques for developing water-wise landscape design solutions, and will have created a landscape design for their personal property.

The course consists of online modules and a 1.5 day in-person workshop. The course should only be taken if the participant is committed to completing the online modules and can fully attend all of the in-person workshop days. The cost of the course covers your attendance to the in-person workshop, lunch at the workshop and access to the online modules.

Overall Workshop Agenda:
Online Workshop Portion

• January 16, 2026- Participants are given access to the online modules and the workbook.
• January 20, 2026 -7:00 pm - Virtual group check-in meeting to review online content structure and expectations
• February 18, 2026 - 7:00 pm - Virtual group check-in meeting to review completed online module assignments

In-Person Workshop Portion

Friday, February 27, 2026

• 6:00-6:15 - Introduction and Welcome
• 6:15-6:30 Review the design process
• 6:30-7:00 – Adapting your Site Analysis and Functional Diagram to a Concept Plan
• 7:00-7:15 - Break
• 7:15-8:30- Studio Time (working and receiving desk critiques) Goal: Develop 3 Concept Plans
• 8:30-9:00 - Share Concept Plans and Prepare for Saturday

Saturday, February 28, 2026

• 8:00-8:05 – Welcome Back
• 8:05-8:30 – Introduction to Graphic Communication
• 8:30-8:45 – Commit to a Concept Plan
• 8:45-9:00 - Form study demonstration
• 9:00-10:30 - Studio Time and Desk Critiques- Create 3 form studies
• 10:30-12:00 - Creating Outdoor Rooms and Grading to Utilize Water
• Lunch – 12:00-12:30
• 12:30-12:45 - Form study to Schematic Plan Overview
• 12:45-1:30 - Planting design (45 min)
• 1:30- 4:00 - Schematic Development
• 4:00-4:30 - Implementation
• 4:45-5:00 Conclusion